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Tăcĭtus , i, m. v. taceo, P. a., C.,
I.a Roman proper name; esp.,
I. Cornelius Tacitus, the greatest Roman historian of the imperial epoch, born between A. D. 50 and A. D. 60; “flourished under Trajan, and was a friend of the younger Pliny,” Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 6; 2, 11, 2; Sid. Ep. 4, 14; 4, 22.—
II. M. Claudius Tacitus, Roman emperor A. D. 275, Vop. Tac. 1 sqq.; Eutr. 9, 16; Aur. Vict. Caes. 36.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 2.11
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 2.1.6
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